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OK.. What is going on here: This is an incremental improvement in Medtronic's continuous glucose monitoring system/insulin pump combination therapy that has be
by cutcopypaste 13y ago
OK.. What is going on here:
This is an incremental improvement in Medtronic's continuous glucose monitoring system/insulin pump combination therapy that has been available for 5+ years already.
Medtronic is touting this as 'artificial pancreas technology' (not specifically an artificial pancreas) because it has a feature now in the US where the pump can turn off if your blood sugar drops below a certain patient set threshold. This has been available for years already outside the US.
This is most definitely not an artificial pancreas..
- shanselman 13y agohttp://www.hanselman.com/blog/ItsWAYTooEarlyToCallThisInsulinPumpAnArtificialPancreas.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ItsWAYTooEarlyToCallThisInsuli... It's WAY WAY too early for them to have said this.
- cutcopypaste 13y agoI asked their twitter about it and got this: https://twitter.com/thedamon/status/384420935685910529 https://twitter.com/thedamon/status/384420935685910529 Still think 'artificial pancreas technology' is an overstatement. Though Singularity hub is also guilty of writing a ridiculous article esp with that headline. Edit: great write-up, Scott!